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** This was one of the [[PatientOfTheWeek Non-Patient Of The Week Patients]] to show that [[HeroOfAnotherStory there is more to the hospital than ward 3]].
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** Alice gets food poisoning from eating chocolate off the floor.

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** Alice gets food poisoning from eating some old chocolate off from underneath the floor.couch.
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** Alice gets food poisoning from ''chocolate''

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** Alice gets food poisoning from ''chocolate''eating chocolate off the floor.

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** Alice has a GrowlingGut after eating week-old food, and Bob remarks “That doesn’t sound good”.

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** Alice has a GrowlingGut after eating week-old food, food and Bob remarks “That doesn’t sound good”.

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** Alice eats some burritos from a low-quality gas station and lets out a loud belch moments later. Bob remarks “That doesn’t sound good”.

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** Alice eats some burritos from has a low-quality gas station GrowlingGut after eating week-old food, and lets out a loud belch moments later. Bob remarks “That doesn’t sound good”.



-->'''Alice:''' Why?
-->'''Bob:''' You ate those burritos from that crappy gas station and now your stomach is upset. I think this is a warning sign that I should find you a bathroom.
-->'''Alice:''' Yeah, burritos make me gassy. Thanks for your concern.

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-->'''Alice:''' Why?
How so?
-->'''Bob:''' You ate those burritos from that crappy gas station restaurant and now your stomach is upset. I think this is a warning sign that I should find you a bathroom.
-->'''Alice:''' Yeah, burritos make me gassy. Thanks for your concern.
bathroom.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice eats poisonous food and suffers bizarre symptoms, such as purple polka-dots forming on her face.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice '''Parodied''':
**Alice
eats poisonous food and suffers bizarre symptoms, such as purple polka-dots forming on her face.face.
**Alice gets food poisoning from ''chocolate''
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* '''Justified''': TruthInTelevision; people can get sick from ingesting contaminated food/drink.

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* '''Justified''': TruthInTelevision; people can get sick from ingesting contaminated contaminated/improperly-prepared food/drink.
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** Alice eats some week-old leftovers and starts throwing up and having diarrhea.

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** Alice eats some week-old leftovers and starts throwing up and having diarrhea.is later seen in the bathroom vomiting.
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-->'''Bob:''' You ate those burritos from that crappy gas station and now your stomach is upset. I think this is warning sign that I should find you a bathroom.

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-->'''Bob:''' You ate those burritos from that crappy gas station and now your stomach is upset. I think this is a warning sign that I should find you a bathroom.
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** Alice gets E. coli after eating food contaminated with the pathogens.

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** Alice gets E. coli after eating food contaminated with the pathogens.pathogen.

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* '''Straight''': Alice gets E. coli after eating contaminated food.

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* '''Straight''': '''Straight''':
** Alice eats some week-old leftovers and starts throwing up and having diarrhea.
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Alice gets E. coli after eating food contaminated food.with the pathogens.
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* '''Exploited''': Alice is a PromWrecker who gets food poisoning on the night of the prom. She decides to show up to the prom and cause a VomitChainReaction.

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* '''Exploited''': Alice is a PromWrecker who gets food poisoning on the night of the prom. She decides to show up to the prom and cause a VomitChainReaction.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice eats at a restaurant and throws up afterwards, but it’s only because she ate too much. She then gets diarrhea, but it turns out it was because she ate something that triggered her IBS. At the end of the day, she gets food poisoning for real.

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice eats at a restaurant and throws up afterwards, but it’s only because she ate too much. She then gets diarrhea, but it turns out it was because she ate something that triggered her IBS. At the end of the day, [[ButtMonkey she gets food poisoning for real.real]].

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice feels a little sick after eating some food that came in contact with germs, but gets over it quickly.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Alice feels a little sick after eating some food that came in contact with germs, but gets over it quickly.quickly.
** Alice gets a mild case of the runs after eating out-of-date food.



* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???Alice eats at a restaurant and throws up afterwards, but it’s only because she ate too much. She then gets diarrhea, but it turns out it was because she ate something that triggered her IBS. At the end of the day, she gets food poisoning for real.



* '''Lampshaded''': “So we’re [[BreakingTheFourthWall starting out this episode]] eating at a crappy restaurant? You guys are just asking for food poisoning, huh?”

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* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
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“So we’re [[BreakingTheFourthWall starting out this episode]] eating at a crappy restaurant? You guys are just asking for food poisoning, huh?”huh?”
** Alice eats some burritos from a low-quality gas station and lets out a loud belch moments later. Bob remarks “That doesn’t sound good”.



* '''Discussed''': After eating some burritos from a gas station, Alice lets out a massive belch. Bob remarks “That doesn’t sound good”, to which Alice replies, “What? It was just a burp. Burritos make me gassy. Calm down.”

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* '''Discussed''': After eating some burritos from a gas station, Alice lets out a massive belch. Bob remarks “That '''Discussed''':
-->'''Bob:''' That
doesn’t sound good”, to which Alice replies, “What? It was just good.
-->'''Alice:''' Why?
-->'''Bob:''' You ate those burritos from that crappy gas station and now your stomach is upset. I think this is warning sign that I should find you
a burp. Burritos bathroom.
-->'''Alice:''' Yeah, burritos
make me gassy. Calm down.”Thanks for your concern.

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* '''Discussed''': After eating some burritos from a low-quality gas station, Alice lets out a troubling belch. Bob remarks “That doesn’t sound good”.

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* '''Discussed''': After eating some burritos from a low-quality gas station, Alice lets out a troubling massive belch. Bob remarks “That doesn’t sound good”.good”, to which Alice replies, “What? It was just a burp. Burritos make me gassy. Calm down.”

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* '''Reconstructed''': The whole ordeal prompts her to eat out much less and educate herself on food safety. She ends up improving her cooking skills to where she’s now a SupremeChef.

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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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The whole ordeal prompts her to eat out much less and educate herself on food safety. She ends up improving her cooking skills to where she’s now a SupremeChef.SupremeChef.
** Her weakened digestive system forces her to curb her BigEater habits and eat healthier. She ends up [[FormerlyFat losing weight]] and becoming more fit, and thus happier.

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* '''Reconstructed''': The whole ordeal prompts her to eat out much less and educate herself on food safety. She ends up improving her cooking skills to where she’s now a SupremeChef.



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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???“So we’re [[BreakingTheFourthWall starting out this episode]] eating at a crappy restaurant? You guys are just asking for food poisoning, huh?”



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Alice is a PromWrecker who gets food poisoning on the night of the prom. She decides to show up to the prom and cause a VomitChainReaction.

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* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???After eating some burritos from a low-quality gas station, Alice lets out a troubling belch. Bob remarks “That doesn’t sound good”.
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** Alice [[ExtremeOmnivore eats rotten food]] and Bob thinks she'll get food poisoning, but she shows so signs of being ill later on.

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** Alice [[ExtremeOmnivore eats rotten food]] and Bob thinks she'll get food poisoning, but she shows so no signs of being ill later on.

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** Alice [[ExtremeOmnivore eats rotten food]] and Bob thinks she'll get food poisoning, but she ends up being fine afterwards.

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** Alice [[ExtremeOmnivore eats rotten food]] and Bob thinks she'll get food poisoning, but she ends up shows so signs of being fine afterwards.ill later on.



* '''Double Subverted''': She later ingests something contaminated and gets it for real.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
** That’s because the food poisoning had already passed, and Bob learns this the hard way by coming into the bathroom and finding a whole…[[{{Squick}} erm]]…mess.
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She later ingests something contaminated and gets it for real.
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* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice eats at a dodgy restaurant and in complete ToiletHumor manner, starts projectile vomiting and defecating into inopportune locations.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice eats at a dodgy restaurant and in complete ToiletHumor manner, starts [[VomitIndiscretionShot projectile vomiting vomiting]] and defecating into inopportune locations.
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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Alice wants to get out of work, so she eats rotten food to give herself food poisoning.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice eats poisonous food and suffers bizarre symptoms, like polka-dots start forming on her face.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice eats poisonous food and suffers bizarre symptoms, like such as purple polka-dots start forming on her face.
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** Alice mentions the time she got food poisoning, but doesn't elaborate.

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** Alice mentions the time she got food poisoning, [[NoodleIncident but doesn't elaborate.elaborate]].

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* '''Subverted''': Alice only thinks she has food poisoning.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** Alice [[ExtremeOmnivore eats rotten food]] and Bob thinks she'll get food poisoning, but she ends up being fine afterwards.
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Alice only thinks she has food poisoning.



* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Alice eats poisonous food and suffers bizarre symptoms, like polka-dots start forming on her face.



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's food poisoning weakens her digestive system and causes health problems later on in her life.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice eats at a dodgy restaurant and in complete ToiletHumor manner, starts projectile vomiting and defecating into inopportune locations.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice's food poisoning causes life-threatening dehydration, resulting in her having to be rushed to the ER.



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** The entire world suffers a food poisoning [[ThePlague pandemic]].
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone gets food poisoning or a foodborne illness.
* '''Straight''': Alice gets E. coli after eating contaminated food.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Everyone gets food poisoning after eating contaminated food, and it results in a massive VomitChainReaction and/or everyone experiencing PottyFailure all at once.
** Alice was infected with all types of foodborne illnesses at once. [[FridgeLogic Don't even ask how she survived.]]
* '''Downplayed''': Alice feels a little sick after eating some food that came in contact with germs, but gets over it quickly.
* '''Justified''': TruthInTelevision; people can get sick from ingesting contaminated food/drink.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is healed after eating food with germ-destroying properties.
* '''Subverted''': Alice only thinks she has food poisoning.
* '''Double Subverted''': She later ingests something contaminated and gets it for real.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Nobody has food poisoning.
* '''Enforced''':
** AnAesop on food safety.
** Can be a grossout gag in some cases.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice strictly obeys the "When in doubt, throw it out" rule.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''':
** Alice mentions the time she got food poisoning, but doesn't elaborate.
** Alice feels sick after eating something, and starts running off-camera, presumably to [[PottyEmergency go to the bathroom]] and/or [[VomitDiscretionShot throw up]].
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